Often described as a maverick, rebel Yogi, speaker, author, actor, workout junkie, coach and entrepreneur, Vish is a rare cocktail of spirituality, science and business. His own 30-year meditation practice – combined with a Brahmin family lineage that has produced several generations of Vedic Yoga scholars & masters – has instilled in Vish a diehard belief that solutions to all human problems (including finding romantic love) lay in Yoga meditation and the Yoga lifestyle.
Given his undergraduate and graduate degrees in fields as varied as biology, French, information systems and business, it is ironical to see his extraordinary insight into the psyche of love. Vish has had careers in the software and real estate industries and had single handedly built real estate assets worth 55 million dollars in less than two years.
Vish has lived in India, Southern Africa and the U.S, presently lives in Los Angeles with his wife Deypika. He considers getting laid off from his software consulting position as one of his greatest blessings as it liberated him from pursuing his Dharma. In his free time, he can be found drinking chai, laughing, watching movies with his wife or boxing away in a Mixed Martial Arts gym. His motto in life is “find happiness within first; all good things will follow.”
He is at the moment excitedly awaiting both the release of his book Yoga and Love and his first movie as a lead in Hollywood.
Cheryl is a therapeutic and visionary musician, intuitive healer and transformational life coach who is passionate about helping people live at their full potential. Since an early age, Cheryl displayed intuitive abilities and a natural gift of healing. Cheryl was born to Irish parents and grew up in Nottingham, England. Music was always a part of her life growing up and she found her greatest love in the instruments of harp and voice which she uses to bring joy, peace, healing and vibrational transformation to her listeners.
Cheryl says:
“Just as everyone has their own unique resonance and vibration, each person’s “Song” is the message, the gift, the energy that they are meant to bring to the world. This is the “Song” that is all of the essence of YOU and all that you represent in your authentic being, that only you can sound—the life purpose that only you can live. Setting your heart and soul free to BE your song and let your gift sound through you, is my purpose and passion.”
Cheryl music has been described as “breathtakngly beautiful”, “mesmerizing”, “touching the deepest center of the heart and soul”, and “the music of the Angels”. Cheryl’s album A Sacred Journey is a journey in sound through each of the seven chakras or energy centers in to the stillness and depth of our own essence.
Cheryl currently lives in San Diego where she maintains her private healing and coaching practice and performs music for a very wide variety of venues. As a passionate yogini herself, Cheryl loves to accompany yoga classes with her music. She plays regularly for Deepak Chopra’s workshops at The Chopra Center as well as the transformational workshops of Lisa Nichols.
Gurmukh, 70, is the founder of the Golden Bridge Yoga. With centers in Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and New York City, Golden Bridge is the premier center for the study and practice of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation as taught by Yogi Bhajan. Since being baptized 43 years ago with the spiritual name meaning “one who helps people across the world ocean,” Gurmukh has dedicated her life to fulfilling her namesake. As the world’s leading Kundalini Yoga teacher, she and her husband Gurushabd travel worldwide, bringing this vast Technology and Teacher Training Programs to students globally in the U.S.A., Mexico, Europe, Russia, India, and South Africa. She is also the creator and pioneer of The Khalsa Way Prenatal and Postnatal Teacher Training Program, now in its 30th year. Her daughter Wahe Guru Kaur, 29, works alongside her parents in fulfilling this Mission.
Karl Anthony’s life liberating concerts and social action contributions are legendary. From twenty thousand seat arenas in Moscow to a child’s hospital room, his work unites humanity.
Karl has received several Gandhi / King Season For Nonviolence Peace Hero Awards for his humanitarian efforts and when he is not touring the world, he works at Rady Children’s Hospital as part of their Healing Arts Department providing a musical outlet and connection for children and their families.
Currently travelling with his show titled, Mantra, which is a laser light atmospheric concert utilizing a fusion of world rhythms and eastern style chanting and touring India has influenced this latest style and centers the music and experience to involve the entire audience.
Karl has worked with music industry veterans. On his recording titled, “All Of Us”, drummer, Vinnie Colaiuta, whose credit includes Frank Zappa, Joni Madonna, along with the bass player Jimmy Johnson, who tours with James Taylor, and many ithers have contributed to Karl Anthony’s music.
Karl’s strong and distinctive voice, which is a cross between Sting, Robert Plant and Cat Stevens, drives his community outreach and creativity. His music communicates a meaningful urgency which is a perfect home for his always poignant lyrics, and his live performances are unforgettable.
Karl has also founded the successful national scholl assembly program called, “Strike-A-Chord with KIDS”, and the Strike-A-Chord CD and DVD series. His career crosses countless boundaries and is truly an international language of service, action, and pure joy.
Liz Arch is the creator of Primal Yoga®, a dynamic yoga and martial arts fusion class designed to explore the body’s full range of motion while cultivating precision, alignment, balance, flexibility, grace, power and strength.
Liz has over 10 years of experience in various yoga and martial arts styles including Power Yoga, Yoga Tune Up ® , traditional Northern-style Kung Fu (empty hand and weapons) and Yang-style Tai-Chi. She holds a Tai Chi Quan Certification from the Beijing Tai Chi and Kung Fu Academy and has competed and won local and national Kung Fu and Tai Chi competitions. Liz has traveled the world leading teacher training programs, workshops, yoga retreats and master classes. She has also assisted and been a demonstrator at international yoga and fitness conferences, including the Yoga Journal Conference and Tokyo Yoga Fest.
Known for her warm and approachable style of teaching that encourages personal expression and playfulness, her classes are creative, athletic and challenging while remaining accessible for students of all levels.
Celebrities, musicians, Olympic athletes and business executives are among her private clientele, but Liz finds the most joy in introducing yoga to people who don’t have the financial means or access to yoga on a daily basis. She teaches free yoga to women who are survivors of domestic violence and is a firm believer in the capacity of yoga to heal on both a physical and emotional level. She donates her time to causes that touch her heart and is a proud advocate for A Window Between Worlds ( www.awbw.org ), a non-profit organization in Venice, CA that uses art as a healing tool for women and children who are survivors of domestic violence.
Liz is honored to be an athlete and spokesperson for RYU ( www.ryu.com ) and an ambassador for YogaEarth ( www.yogaearth.com ).
Though teaching is her passion, Liz remains a student at heart and is grateful to all teachers past and present who have guided her along the way. She currently resides in Los Angeles, CA where she joyfully teaches private lessons, public classes, workshops, and retreats.
Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe began teaching yoga in 1995 shortly after graduating with honors from New York University. She has completed teacher trainings with Erich Schiffmann, Yoga Works and John Friend in the Anusara style. Sara is the instructor for the “Yoga for Dummies” series, the “Crunch Yoga” series as well as the collaboration with Russell Simmons “Yoga Live.” She had an extended run on Fit TV with “All Star Workouts” and on Exercise TV with “Yoga on the Edge.” Sara was a regular on Vh1’s “Dr. Drew’s Celebrity Rehab” and has been featured on all the major news channels. She is highlighted in the acclaimed documentary “Titans of Yoga” and in the soon to be released “Women of Bhakti.” Loyola Marymount University has awarded Sara a Certification in Yoga Philosophy and in Yoga and Ecology in conjunction with the Green Yoga Association. This fall she will matriculate in LMU’s Master’s Degree in Yoga Philosophy program.
The Breath Center is an international holistic healing arts movement and educational facility based in Los Angeles, California with branches in Istanbul, Turkey, and Mexico City.
It was founded in 2008 by Michael Brian Baker. Mr. Baker is best known for his efforts as a humanitarian and his involvement in the creation of result based models integrating the methods of breath work based healing modalities in standard western medical treatment settings.
The Breath Center’s festival tour provides large scale holistic healing experiences for hundreds of people in a safe setting and has served over 1,800 individuals in the their quest for spiritual, psychological, and physical transformation.
One on one personalized private monthly packages are available for those suffering from disease, illness or addiction.
Michael Baker has traveled extensively facilitating groups and individuals in the realization of self-mastery through Somatic Release, Breathwork Practice and Detox through natural plant based diet. His sharp intuition and dedication to the expansion of awareness and well-being, promote growth, freedom and the intelligence to heal from within.
He specializes in escorting individuals through the release of past trauma, clearing of blocks and creating new avenues to secure long term goals. Michael is actively fostering mentoring partnerships with young adults throughout the United States.
Arielle Sara Greenwald serves the expansion of human awareness by supporting peoples’ personal journeys toward self-love and authentic expression. She shares the gift of healing through breath work, body work, and group and private yoga practices. Arielle’s training includes The Breath Center’s Expansion Series and the UC Santa Cruz Holistic Health Program. Arielle maintains a private practice out of West Los Angeles, California
Yogi Cameron left the world of high fashion in 1998 to seek the higher path available to all of us. He began his ongoing studies in Ayurveda at Arsha Yoga Vidya Peetam Trust in India under the guidance of his guru Sri Vasudevan after training at the Integral Yoga Institute in New York City and Yogaville of Sri Satchidananda. Since then, Yogi Cameron has worked with individuals throughout the world to provide them with these ancient methods to live healthier, greener, more spiritually-minded lives in accordance with the Ayurvedic and yogic path. Using a combination of treatments, meditation, herbal remedies and diet guidance, Yogi Cameron helps treat specific conditions and set his clients on a path to greater mental, physical, and spiritual health. A primary goal of this path is helping each person find their purpose and practice.
With the help of the Amanuddin Foundation, Yogi Cameron has brought Yoga and meditation to Afghanistan as part of a peace and education program for Afghan children, soldiers, and other members of the civilian population. He also works with young girls rescued from sex trafficking practices in Cambodia in coordination with the Somaly Mam Foundation.
